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Subject: NetBSD installation
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From: jarney@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (jonathan arney)
Date: 5 Oct 93 00:43:42 EST
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On the advice of several members of this group, I have decided to
upgrade from 386bsd to NetBSD.  Unfortunately, I have encountered
some difficulties.

	In the installation notes, I am instructed to use the
	dos fdisk utility to create a partition and obtain some
	offset numbers.  I am currently running Dos 6.0 and the
	fdisk utility offers no offset numbers for me to write
	down.  Isn't there a simpler way to install NetBSD?
	386bsd seemed to have solved that problem.  Why was the
	installation procedure changed?

I would be grateful for any help you have to offer.  Would switching to
a previous version of dos help at all?

				Jon Arney
				jarney@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu